Luke Skywalker was apprehensive. He was fearful of what was to happen to his Jedi Order during the next years in war. He was anxious to see where this war was going. But, most of all, he was frightened about two of his students. His nephew, Anakin, was one of those students he was worried about, Tahiri was the other. He was worried that Tahiri might die. The poison that she was given what worse then any he had seen, and nobody knows how she got it. Anakin and Tahiri had been best friends ever since she came to the academy. That friendship turned into something more, and they admitted their love for one another. The problem was what would Anakin do if Tahiri died? It's a question that had been in everybody's mind since Tahiri was poisoned. Luke was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't see or hear his nephew come into the cockpit.

"Uncle Luke?" Anakin called out uneasily. His uncle had that far-out look in his eyes.

"Yes?"

"How long before we get to Yungo?" Anakin had never been to this planet, even though it was quite close to Corusant. It was one of the few planets that the Yuuzhan Vong haven't tried to invade.

"About three hours. Um, Anakin, I wanted to talk to you about, uh, something," Luke ventured.

"Yeah?"

"Well, we've all been worried about Tahiri, and well, you especially. I just wanted you to know that, um, you can talk to me about anything. Okay?" Luke finished, going over the words in his head again.

"Right, I know. Anything else?"

"No, uh, why don't you get some sleep, and I'll wake you up when we get out of hyperspace." Luke turned around.

"Okay, sure."

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Mehl Aboe had seen some peculiar and shocking patients, but Tahiri had to be by far one of the worst ones. Not only could he not find out how to get rid of the poison, he didn't even know what the poison was doing to her body.

"Good morning Miss Veila. How are you feeling?"

"Well, I guess I'm feeling okay, though I can barely feel my toes. And please, call me Tahiri." -cough, cough-

"All right, well, you have a visitor. I told him that you should get some rest, but he was very insistent, would you like to see him?"

"Um, I suppose so," Tahiri mumbled. Who would want to see her, even after the doctor said they shouldn't?

"Aunt Tahi!!" Ben finally had the chance to see how she really was doing.

"Hey Bennie." Tahiri patted the space on the bed for Ben to come sit on. He hopped on the bed and gave her a great big hug. Tahiri had him sit on her lap.

"How you doing Aunt Tahi. Tell me that Mr. Kyp was lying," Ben said with a big smile.

"Well, I'm sick, but I'll be okay," Tahiri lied, a little. She needed to get Ben out of the room. "Where's your mother, Bennie?"

"Right outside the door. Do you want me to leave?" Ben asked innocently.

"Um, yeah Bennie. Aunt Tahi needs to get some sleep. Go to your mom." Ben stood up on the bed and gave Tahiri a kiss on the check, then jumped out the bed and scampered out of the room.

Tahiri curled up into a ball on the bed, and cried.

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Megan_Lynn

P.S They are not on Corusant. They are about two standard days from there (the planet that the academy is on. It's near Naboo, called Jebo.